A Conversation On Global Health
Tue, Mar 23
|ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/3785197792
Join us this Tuesday the 23rd for a chance to hear Eugene Richardson, MD, PhD, speak on Global Health. He is the Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Consultant with Africa CDC.
Time and Location
Mar 23, 2021, 4:30 PM
ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/3785197792
About the Event
Listen to a preview on NPR Â Â https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/03/09/colonialism-global-public-health
Dr. Richardson received his MD from Cornell University Medical College and his PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University. He completed residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center.Â
 Dr. Richardson previously served as the clinical lead for Partners In Health’s Ebola response in Kono District, Sierra Leone, where he continues to conduct research on the social epidemiology of Ebola virus disease. He also worked as a clinical case management consultant for the WHO’s Ebola riposte in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. More recently, he was seconded to the Africa CDC to join their COVID-19 response. His overall focus is on biosocial approaches to epidemic disease prevention, containment, and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of this effort, he is chair of the Lancet Commission on Reparations and Redistributive Justice. ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/3785197792